The adventures of the Reilly family.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Great reaction


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This is a short video of Josiah opening one of his favorite presents. Check out his reaction, it was so cute. There are tons more pictures of the evening so scroll down.

Mixing her brother's cake


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Always the beautiful helper, Abigail!

Making his own cake


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Here is Josiah trying his hand at the mixer.

Bread!


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I made lasagna for Josiah's birthday, he loves pasta, so there ya go. Bonky and Pappy came up for dinner and we had a great time. Here he is right before dinner, and after spotting the garlic bread. What a face!

Ready to party


Ready to party
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Josiah is ready for some party action!

Drill cake


Drill cake
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Daddy made this really cool drill cake for Josiah, he loved it!

Blowing out the candle


Blowing out the candle
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We didn't have to tell him what to do, he already knew. And Josiah blew out his candle like a pro.

How wide can I get my mouth?


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Josiah wasted no time on the cake.

YUM!


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Shoving it in just a bit farther.

I've got some on my face?


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Josiah did a great job this year, no bath necessary, just a little around the edges.

Time for presents


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Josiah need no help this year, though Abigail volunteered some anyway, with opening his gifts. He ripped right in. He loved everything he got, and we had to strongly encourage him to move on to a new gift to open because he was so busy looking at what he had just opened. He even cleaned up his own paper and would run it out to the kitchen trash can. What a silly boy!

Trash truck


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As we've mentioned before in previous blogs, the kids love the trash man. So Josiah got a toy trash truck for his birthday from his Bonky. What a great gift. It looks exactly like our trash man's truck.

Tool time


Tool time
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This birthday was full of boy toys for Josiah. Lots of tools and trucks. Here is Abigail and he trying out the new set.

Cool bubble mower


Cool bubble mower
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Josiah has always enjoyed playing with other kids' mowers, so we got him one of his own for his birthday. He looks pretty excited about the picture at least.

Look at my drill


Look at my drill
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Josiah's favorite present was definitely his drill. He is such a big man, and oh so handsome!

Yeah, drill


Yeah, drill
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I think it tickles.

ZZZZZZoooooZZZZ


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Not sure how to spell the sound that Josiah makes when he sees or uses a drill, but its really cute. Here he is making the sound and pointing his drill at something.

Trying out the drill


Trying out the drill
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Of course Josiah needed to drill the swing set, just like Daddy.

Drilling mommy


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Backwoods surgeon?

Abigail mowing


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Abigail was really good at getting the mower to produce bubbles, you had to go really fast.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Catch the butterfly


Catch the butterfly
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She really almost caught it.

Filling the buckets


Filling the buckets
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Some good times in the pool the other day. Like Josiah's swimtrunks? They were on sale, I got 'em at Target.

Swinging in the summer


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What a sweet summer pic I think.

Swinging in the summer


Swinging in the summer
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What a sweet summer pic I think.

My little monkey


My little monkey
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He really is a monkey, just like his sister.

Upside down Josiah


Upside down Josiah
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HI!!!!!!

Alphabet Abigail


Alphabet Abigail
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Abigail has always loved these foam letters we bought her for her first bday. Of course at first she just played with them however, but now she knows her alphabet and loves to make an alphabet path. Here is my sweet girl putting it together.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Cutest fire girl ever


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Saturday was community days here in our township. We got to do lots of fun stuff, including free fire truck rides. They even let the kids wear the real fireman's hats. It was a really fun time.

Our asst. chief


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Josiah loved the truck ride, but was a little unsure of the really heavy hat.

Switching hats


Switching hats
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We walked to the park from our neighborhood, but Josiah was a bit worn out on the return journey so her rode on John's shoulders. Here he is trying to switch hats with Daddy.

Tuckered out


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About ready to be home and take a nap.

I'm ready!


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Abigail really wanted to try the inflatable slide, here she is climbing in.

Climbing high


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Abigail had a great time climbing the steps, and using the rope to help her up.

WEEEE!!!!!


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Abigail LOVED the slide!

Good sucker


Good sucker
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Josiah just got to watch Abigail on the inflatable, it was still fun with his free sucker.

Taking up Daddy's chair


Taking up Daddy's chair
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Josiah woke up from a nap on Sunday a little grumpy, he made up for it by falling back to sleep in Daddy's recliner. Sweet stuff.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

At the zoo


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A few weeks back we went to the zoo in the evening, it was fun to see the animals at different times. Here is one of our own animals posing in front of the sign, she was definitely one of the cutest we saw.

And by the way, the next 3 pics are the last of the back log, we'll be posting current photos from now on. Lets hope I never get this behind again.

Workin together


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Abigail and Josiah loved to wrestle with Daddy, and i'm sure if you asked him, Daddy would say he likes it too. The other night they were doing just that, and here are the kids trying to pin his legs down.

Tucked in


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I went to wake Josiah up from a nap not too long ago, and this is how I found him. He was all tucked in, something he had done himself., because when I had left him he was jumping up and down in the crib. How very sweet!

Monday, August 25, 2008

Climbing


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Ok, i'm almost finished with the back log of pics to blog. The next 4 are from our church picnic we had a few weeks back. This is of Josiah climbing the wall on the playground at the park we had it at. He's getting so big!

She can climb too


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Abigail did a great job climbing the tower too, what a big girl!

Run Josiah!


Run Josiah!
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Doesn't he look like such a big boy in this picture?

Kicking with obsticles


Kicking with obsticles
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I love this picture! Abigail looks really into kicking that football, but Nathan has other things in mind. At least the laces are out.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Pretty girl, on the rocks

We've owned our van since Mother's Day, but we hadn't washed it, our driveway is really steep and I can't reach the top. But a few weeks back we all went to our church and washed it in it's parking lot. As pictures showed last year, Abigail loves putting on her bathing suit and doing tihs task, she'd been asking to do it for ever. While John was prepping things the kids played int the giant rock pile out back at the church.

Rock surfing


Rock surfing
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He's having fun!

scrub, scrub!


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Abigail knows the true meaning of elbow power.

I'm not supposed to use my hands?

Josiah hard at work, who needs a sponge?

Hard at work


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The three washers hard at work. I didn't really do a whole lot, but take pictures and make sure the kids didn't soap what was already clean.

Fast wash


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Josiah's hands were washing so fast, look at 'em go!

Soaping up


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Abigail and Josiah soapy up the sponges.

Rinse


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Josiah was the designated rinser, he did a great job!